Right aligned navigation menus impede scannability: goo.gl/yUism via useit.com
@concrete5 Talk about your plans for the UI overhaul in the next version of C5. How will you all attack that task?
jQuery Backstretch is a super simple full page background solution: goo.gl/9Ged8 Looks slick.
Just to be clear about my last #Wordpress tweet, using Postname for URLs only applies if you have 20+ Pages (not posts): goo.gl/9HRxf
Are you using /%postname%/ as your permalink structure for #Wordpress? It could be killing performance: http://goo.gl/9HRxf via @chriscoiyer
#Concrete5 user @StratusDesign just released a new dashboard UI for C5. It’s pretty slick: http://goo.gl/5sDit C5 UI overhaul long overdue.
@stevenspriggs Nice. You’ll have to share the deetz back at the J-O-B. Enjoy freelance night.
@stevenspriggs Who said anything about C5? It sure wasn’t me. #ah-ha-ha!
@stevenspriggs :: cough cough http://concrete5.org cough cough :: Ahem, what was I saying again? ;-)
checkmycolours.com is a nice website for checking color accessibility. wave.webaim.org is really nice too. Via @dustinmazon
I just won the sweet #Concrete5 Beginners Guide book from http://c5mix.com . Hat tip to Chris for the givaway and wonderful site.
Awesome #highered site via the University of Victoria called “The Anything Project”: goo.gl/1HNVe So, what would you do? #inspiration
A nice article about how to use YepNope.js in conjunction w/ @Modernizr: goo.gl/qtxAH from @sitepointdotcom Only load scripts u need.
For the #ConceptShare users out there, you can hit Control + 1 to zoom to 100%. #helpfulhotkeys
http://janrain.com is a user management platform that integrates popular social platforms like Facebook, Twitter, & Google into your site.
There is no ‘secret sauce’ to SEO: http://bit.ly/ktoh2v Blog post from @MesuvaWebDev with some tips for site owners and developers alike.
Did you know that you have to loosen your lug nuts on your tire even before you get it off the ground? Brush up: http://lifehac.kr/kDk5sf
@hellotab haha. Got a kick out of that. #treescience
@hellotab ::Golf clap:: Nice work.
patterntap.com is a design / #inspiration gallery where you can filter by design element (eg: forms, slideshow, layout, nav, etc).
BigText is a jQuery plugin that helps you resize text to fill it’s parent element: goo.gl/3FCQv Great for large quotes & callouts.
Zoner is a free #photo manager and editor for Windows: free.zoner.com Great to recommend to clients. Nice website too.
How to center a table for HTML Emails: goo.gl/Nnsc7
Blown away by the traffic that IE8 gets to wvu.edu. It’s 3x more than IE7. IE also gets 4x more traffic than Firefox. #youtch
@concrete5 This writeup from CMS Matrix needs some updating: http://bit.ly/lC1aUd old logo, old info.
5 PSD to #Concrete5 theme conversion tutorials from @jordanlev: http://goo.gl/1OK7Q
Epic sprite navigation with another level shown on hover: goo.gl/WPT77 (demo) and goo.gl/3sHXP (tutorial)
screenr.com is a web app that does free screencasts without having to install anything. Click & record.
newrelic.com is an application performance tool useful for monitoring your app and your users.
@wwRiverGypsies We did the beginning of Red Run yesterday, then got a run on the North Fork of the B at around 2.2’. WV = Awesome right now!
Have started using <!— /.example —> to mark closing elements instead of <!— close .example —> . Less characters & shorter too.
Ever wanted to know what was on CSS Tricks but didn’t want to follow Chris Coiyer? Check out @Real_CSS_Tricks for site content only.
Rails 3 Reading Material: http://mediumexposure.co…
@perishable See dwolla.com ; $0.25 flat fee per transaction.
@concrete5 Thanks for the RT’s!
pugpig.com is another digital publishing medium that relies on open standards to publish interactive media 1x to a broad audience.
@MesuvaWebDev See this tutorial about Ajax page loading in #Concrete5: goo.gl/lRxcn also a forthcoming block: goo.gl/sdVcm
.@aembler, CTO of #Concrete5 gives an intro to the CMS for developers: http://goo.gl/3Psx3 Learn about attributes, building blocks, & more.
I used the HTML5 Boilerplate way of targeting IE the other day (“.ie7”). I’ll never go back to IE specific stylesheets. http://goo.gl/q7B3q
Making an HTML email and don’t want to inline the styles you have made manually? Check out Premailer: premailer.dialect.ca #automagic
Spent is a neat digital experience that aims to raise awareness about poverty. Can you get a job? Try the typing test: goo.gl/vH7O4
Roll your own Google buttons with CSS3: http://t.co/L6zCr1e via @zurb
@hellotab @b_nelsen @stevenspriggs @dcaryll @juangiraldo @sfgwv Alright folks, hiking out at Snake Hill tomorrow after work. Meet at 6:15…
Did you know that you can give your clients a web-based interface to review designs free via Adobe CS5? Meet CS Live: goo.gl/myGDh
Dear eBook publishers in the web world: Please have licensing set up for libraries & organizations. Licensing en masse will make you money.
Want to use Git with TextMate? Checkout this bundle: http://goo.gl/i97Qw
How to install #concrete5 on your server: http://goo.gl/X7987 Video tutorial + text.
Use Google Analytics for your photos in Picasa. Here’s how: http://goo.gl/Gva0F
Power Slider Lite is a really nice looking & f#concrete5ete5 gallery add on where end users can enter titles & captions: http://goo.gl/S4wck
WuFoo gets a “Form Embed Kit” that allows integration into any web app or CMS: http://goo.gl/JYuyt
Apple’s “AirPort” finally changing its name to what it actually is: WiFi.
http://goo.gl/W0LgH
Got a flexible layout and want your text to fill the width? Check out fittextjs.com . It will scale your text to fill its parent.
Nextroom.at is a really nice minimalist site that has actual content: nextroom.at #inspiration
An illustrated guide to installing, using, and understanding GIT on Windows: http://bit.ly/kvmO8M #versioncontrol
@stevenspriggs Perhaps Snake Hill after work later this week? We could gather a crew. cc/ @b_nelsen
noteandpoint.com is a pretty sleek looking gallery of Keynote and PowerPoint presentations. #inspiration
nathansmith Majority of page loading latency is front-end: 97% on mobile, 85% desktop. http://j.mp/kAP99v /via @ara_p
@dcaryll Just make sure it’s worth your time to provide support for those themes & have a kick-ass typography.css. You gotta style 4 all pgs
Google Cloud Connect is a free plug in that snycs Microsoft Office (Word, PPT, etc), with Google Docs: http://goo.gl/OFI6g (watch the video)
http://livefyre.com looks like another cool comment platform similar to Disqus, et all. LiveFrye really pushes the social media aspect.
@jedspurg Thought you may have found miser interesting. Hopefully it speeds things up.
yepnope.js looks really interesting. Only load the scripts your browser needs (& make good browsers avoid heavy shims!) http://yepnopejs.com
googledrive What’s on your wishlist? There’s one week left to submit your suggestions to our Product Ideas page http://goo.gl/iX1rk
The @thinkvitamin video course on accessibility is free from their site: http://goo.gl/FqsJm Includes info on forms, screen readers, et all.
@MesuvaWebDev I find the dashboard blog interface in #Wordpress to feel more intuitive for writing, but Composer should help in #Concrete5.
67 Design related pet peeves: http://goo.gl/4nu0C via @Quora #buglist
http://freeagentcentral…. is another way to manage accounts for freelancers and small businesses. Proposals, Invoices, Taxes, & more.
Beware of using webkit-text-size-adjust: none; when outside of a media query—it disables text enlargement: http://goo.gl/bIhJc
@niravadesai Have you seen these image galleries / sliders for #Concrete5? http://goo.gl/1oU09
Want to know when #iOS5 comes out? Check out this tool from Apple: http://goo.gl/ThuCv
Picnik is a fairly powerful, free web based app that allows you to upload, resize, & edit images: http://www.picnik.com/app
My free HTML5Reset.org #concrete5 starter template just passed 1,000+ downloads. Used it? I would love a quick review: http://goo.gl/Yej2D
How to use Google Groups to create & manage a shared email account for Google Apps: http://goo.gl/QC7oS (eg: a customer service email).
Wowww. An HTML EMAIL Boilerplate. Now that’s what I’m talking about: http://htmlemailboilerpl… #useful via @hackernewsbot
A great list of not yet seen #concrete5 code snippets, including one to customize TinyMCE: http://goo.gl/Kmx8D
RT @MesuvaWebDev We’ve just released a free #Concrete5 slideshow plugin, get it here: http://bit.ly/josj0e Based off of the Nivo slider.
How to renumber / reorder artboards in Adobe Illustrator: http://goo.gl/JVkhR #ai
#Concrete5 add-on “cGalleries” uses the jQuery Masonry framework to create interesting vertically aligned galleries: http://goo.gl/1peY5
Wanna use fancy ampersands? Insert a <span> tag, give it a bkg image, and text-indent the real one away. Or http://opensourceampersa…
#Concrete5 gets a Mobile Theme Switcher addon (device detection): http://goo.gl/pMG1e Change content based on context. Made by the core team
Nice looking site from UC Riverside about innovation, research, and real world thinking: http://goo.gl/7e5JJ #inspiration #type #highered
Did you know you could change the format of color codes in Webkit’s inspector? Just hit the settings icon in the upper right of the tool.
@dcaryll Google Docs?
@dmolsen @stevenspriggs Perhaps aesthetic inspiration for the next m.wvu.edu? Gotta admit, Win. 8 tiles look damn fine. #longshot #macusers
@stevenspriggs Actually, pinning, or whatever they call it, is in Windows 7 already (using windows key & arrows). …
Wow. Windows 8 looks beautiful. Lots of ideas borrowed from Windows Phone 7. Check out the vid: http://bit.ly/jWRnEy via @mashable
Three vastly different approaches to centralizing #concrete5 from the core team: http://goo.gl/FFrtX Includes advantages & disadvantages.
Two column vertical nav’s can be great on mobile. All possible via #CSS. Give a width to the <ul>, then give each <li> half that width.
Google Apps to only support current and previous browser versions for their products: http://goo.gl/Bu3G3 #thatsthewaytodoit
XML does not like being called from anything else but the domain it originates from. Dealing with the Same Origin Policy http://goo.gl/Bx1fg